In case you missed it, Nicki Minaj is spamming the whole “Chun Li” thing lately with her new album.
For those of you who have no idea who that is, she’s an asian character in the arcade game Street Fighter.
But right now, she’s Nicki’s alter-ego, which is already problematic seeing as Nicki is appropriating Asian culture.
But it got worse over the weekend, when she promoted a new Snapchat filter that shows a pair of hair buns with chopsticks inside of them.
“Click the link in my bio to use the #ChunLiSnapchatFILTER – it comes complete w/diff color buns, 🥢 & 👶 hair 😜. I used a black & white filter after I recorded,” she captioned her video.
Fans were pretty quick to call her out.
“Nicki Minaj you have really messed up with this Chun Li stuff. You got black people disrespecting Chinese/Asian culture. Smh,” one person commented.
“So we gonna act like this isn’t cultural appropriation? I would’ve thought because you are a person of colour you’d understand why cultural appropriation sucks but I guess you’re just as ignorant as white people lol,” another said.
“Isn’t she South Asia cuz I’m south Asian and the culture is COMPLETELY different from East Asian culture i would never use chopsticks and buns and claim it as my culture because its isn’t,” said someone else.
Yikes.
Related stories
Native ad body.
Native ad body.
Native ad body.
